Schools on schedule as cold arrives without ice

Armando Hernandez waits for the bus along Old Highway 90 on Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014. Temperatures are in the low 30's with wind chill factors in the high 20's. Schools throughout the area remain open. Hernandez was on his way to work.

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A wrecker driver prepares to upright a pickup truck that overturned Tuesday morning shortly after 6:00 a.m. during cold and slightly wet conditions on Interstate 10 eastbound near Pine and New Braunfels streets. An officer at the scene said the driver was not seriously injured. The officer also warned for motorists to be aware of de-icing vehicles on the highways.

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Luis Rojas covers his face as he crosses the Buena Vista Street bridge, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014. Temperatures are in the low 30's with wind chill factors in the 20's. Schools throughout the area remain open.

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Traffic flows eastbound on Interstate 10 early Tuesday morning January 28, 2014 as a Transguide sign alerts motorists to be aware of winter weather conditions. De-icing agents are being placed on area highways due to winter weather conditions.

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A wrecker driver prepares to upright a pickup truck that overturned Tuesday morning shortly after 6:00 a.m. during cold and slightly wet conditions on Interstate 10 eastbound near Pine and New Braunfels streets. An officer at the scene said the driver was not seriously injured. The officer also warned for motorists to be aware of de-icing vehicles on the highways.

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Traffic flows eastbound on Interstate 10 early Tuesday morning January 28, 2014 as a Transguide sign alerts motorists to be aware of winter weather conditions. De-icing agents are being placed on area highways due to winter weather conditions.

Rafael Yanez of Good Electric braves the cold weather to replace bulbs at the entrance to the Blanco Bluffs neighborhood of North San Antonio on Tuesday, January 28, 2014.

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Texas Department of Transportation trucks wait on cue at an entrance ramp near West Avenue onto IH-10 East, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014. Temperatures are in the low 30's with wind chill factors in the high 20's. Schools throughout the area remain open.

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Jose Salazar stays warm by standing over a steaming grate Tuesday January 28, 2014 at the corner of Bowie and East Market. Tuesday's forecast calls for partly cloudy skies with a 20% chance of precipitation and a low tonight of 25 degrees.

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SAN ANTONIO — The independent school districts of San Antonio, reporting a lack of icy conditions, decided early this morning that schools would open Tuesday on time.

A winter weather advisory remains in effect until noon Tuesday for much of South Central Texas and the Hill Country, according to the National Weather Service's office serving San Antonio and Austin.

Ice accumulations are expected to be light, but bridges, overpasses and other elevated surfaces could develop a thin coating, according to meteorologists.

Other roadways are not likely to be affected, according to meteorologists. Precipitation is expected to end from the northwest late Tuesday morning and will be over in all areas by the afternoon, according to meteorologists.

Wind chills Tuesday morning will be in the teens and 20s.

Some major and minor wrecks were reported, however no indications of injuries.

Major highways headed into downtown San Antonio were running smoothly as of 8 a.m.

CPS Energy reported no significant outages. An arctic blast and a winter storm was supposed to affect the eastern half of the country Tuesday and Wednesday, according to the National Weather Service. Weather in other parts of the country might have led to the cancellation of 22 flights that were supposed to depart San Antonio International Airport before 4:20 p.m. Nine arriving flights also were canceled before that time.

Meanwhile, as most workers headed into the office across the city, commanders at Fort Sam Houston were keeping an eye on the weather in case freezing rain or other icy precipitation fell later in the morning.

“No rain, no ice, no nothing,” said Joint Base San Antonio spokesman Brent Boller. “There's no problem out there.”